Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Nectar (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Nectar. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Nectar is located in Blount County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blount County: Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Marshall, Saint Clair, Walker & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Nectar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nectar:
- Blount County (The home county of Nectar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Cleveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Warrior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Deavers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Gum Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Rosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosa is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
- Adville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Locust Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Allgood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Dallas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Hanceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Baileytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Holly Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Black Bottom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Damascus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Dodge City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dodge City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- The Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Altoona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nix ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Walnut Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Howelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Benson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Egypt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Ivalee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Greer ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greer is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Attalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Trafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Masseyline is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyline
- Village Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Village Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Springs
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Palmerdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Palmerdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerdale
- Ayres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Kimberly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majestic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Clay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crosston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crosston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosston
- Morris
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Pinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Askea Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Arab
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Horton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Hog Jaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Whitesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Hulaco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hulaco is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulaco
- Eva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ryan Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ryan Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Crossroads
- Apple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Lacon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Florette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Saint Clair Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Argo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Ashville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Margaret
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbough Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Steele
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parsons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Odenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Acmar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Creel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
- Powellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Powellville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Sumiton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Sipsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nectar, see our County-by-County Page for Nectar.
Cemeteries Near Nectar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nectar.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Nectar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nectar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown - Hudson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fowler Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Daileys Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackwood - Cornelius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Guinns Cove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crump Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Nectar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nectar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nectar, with the one closest to Nectar listed first.
- Cleveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Warrior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Joy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Gum Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Adville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Blountsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bangor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
- Viola ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Chepultepec
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chepultepec is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepultepec
- Oneonta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blount Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Selfville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Compton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nectar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nectar.
Newspapers Published in Nectar ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nectar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nectar, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nectar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Nectar:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cullman County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Morgan County
- Saint Clair County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nectar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nectar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |